Scientific American, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1864)
Scientific American volume 11 number 2 from 1864 is a weekly American periodical of technical news and patent-office inventions, written for engineers, mechanics and general readers in the United States. Its pictures are black-and-white wood engravings of machines and apparatus with lettered reference figures, such as a flour-packing machine, a stove-like furnace, a treadle-driven saw and a steam launch, offering a designer compact mechanical diagrams with clear linework and fine hatching.
